Sylt

See also: sylt

English

Proper noun

Sylt

  1. An island of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in the North Sea.

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German

Etymology

From Old Frisian Silendi (literally “sea-land”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi + *land.[1] Doublet of Seeland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zʏlt/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Proper noun

Sylt n (proper noun, genitive Sylts or (optionally with an article) Sylt)

  1. Sylt (an island of the North Sea in Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
    Sylt gilt als Lieblingsinsel der Schönen und Reichen.
    Sylt is considered the favourite island of the rich and beautiful.
    • 1995, Christian Kracht, “Eins”, in Faserland, München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, published 2002, →ISBN, page 13:
      Also, es fängt damit an, daß ich bei Fisch-Gosch in List auf Sylt stehe und ein Jever aus der Flasche trinke.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • Sylter
  • syltisch

References

  1. ^ Taylor, I. (1896). Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Rivington, Percival, p. 271

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sylt f

  1. Sylt (an island of Germany in the North Sea)
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